23 lines
848 B
Markdown
23 lines
848 B
Markdown
## Now some men came carrying ##
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These are new people in the story. Your language may have a way of showing that these are new people. English can also do it with “There were men who came carrying” or “There were men carrying.”
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## mat ##
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This could be translated as "sleeping pad" or "bed" or "stretcher" or "couch."
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## was paralyzed ##
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"could not move himself"
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## And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the crowd ##
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In some languages it might be more natural to reorder this. "But because of the crowd of people, they could not find a way to take the man inside. So...."
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## they went up to the housetop ##
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Houses had flat roofs, and some houses had a ladder or staircase outside to make it easy to go up there.
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## right in front of Jesus ##
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"directly in front of Jesus" or "immediately in front of Jesus" |